Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today we ditched the plans on stocking up in Amish country so I spent the day cleaning. I did the entire kitchen & breakfast nook floor, washing it thoroughly and then waxing it. I love a clean floor and my universe is almost aligned now. I also cleaned the kitchen.

Then this afternoon I took out my macro lens and just walked around the house taking a few pictures of things that caught my eye. I like the colors. Above is a zippered bag that I received as a gift from a friend. I have it filled with tea bags.

This is a beautiful dish that was also given to me. It’s a new acquisition and today I’m using it to serve crackers and cheese with a Malbec from California.

This is my favorite tea light ever. I bought this years ago in one of the only decorator shops on Ocracoke Island. It caught my eye as soon as I walked in. Around it I have my red glass berries circa 2000 from Pottery Barn.

An old pillow from Ethan Allen that serves as an accent on George’s couch. How I ever came to have a couch that’s primary resident was a dog is beyond me.

Have you seen this commercial that has been airing during the Olympics? It features 2006 silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler who's just advanced to the snowboarding finals at this year's Games. I am totally enthralled with this ad and every time it comes on, I stop what I’m doing and watch. I just found it today on YouTube after looking for it a couple of times during the past week. And I just realized that I truly do use the word ‘just’ way too much. See [yesterday’s wordle post] for explanation.

Hope your day is a good one, my friends. Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me.

i too love cleaning my house. we not really , i love after it's all done. i have not seen that commercial . it was very cool. hope your weekend is relaxing and fun. lets also hope for no more snow.... it's really giving me a run for my money at work. i'm soooo done with snowed in mailboxes...

Okay... neat. My brother asked me to post the Olympics music by Lou Reed. I had no clue what he was talking about even though I know this song by Lou Reed on the ad very well. Thanks for 'splaining to me what he meant. LOL

Hi Kate! Yes...It's a good day when you take out the Macro lens!!!!My little Canon Powershot dinosaur has a built in macro...Not much power but it does what I tell it! You gotta love that...Love your shots...keep that shudder a flutter,xoxo~Kathy @ Sweet Up-North mornings...Stop over and enter my Maiden GIVEAWAY!!!!

Oh I love the plate and the needle pillow- heck I love them all!! So lovely. Ugh, today we will clean house- it's needed after yesterdays de-furring of Birdy..but first..one more cup of coffee!! hahahaha..(procastination..what? Me?)The commercial was cool too, never seen it before- I think it's just amazing people can stand on a board and do those kinds of tricks on such slippery surfaces- she wouldn't have needed to go to outer space for my sake...I was impressed from the start!!

I saw your comment over on my friend Kary's blog My Farmhouse Kitchen and just had to come over here and see the other country girl. :)I love your photography, especially of birds...you are making my seriously consider getting a bigger zoom lense for my Olympus. Loved stopping by, will come again soon!xo country girl

A very gray day here, so I'm baking cookies... the perfect day for it! I love your tealight holder; everytime I visit the Outer Banks, I make it a point to hit some of the galleries and antique shops. Such great finds there. Although it's been far too long since I've been there. Need to plan a trip...

I'm glad to know someone else has a piece of upholstered human furniture for their dog. I once had an overstuffed chair that my dalmatian claimed as his shortly after we bought it, and so it was until he died. That boy sure loved his chair. :)

I love your photographs, but most of all I love reading about the processes and tools you use for photography. I love photography, but I just have a digital camera, and I take snapshots and the occasional video. I think anyone who has the proper equipment and the training in photography is so fortunate. And of course, it helps to have a good eye. ;-)

Now that is some scrummy macro eye candy, CG, thoroughly enjoyed the little tour around those treasures.

So George has an ETHAN ALLEN "accent" pillow??? wow. Life HAS gone to the dogs at your house. Mine, too, I guess folks could say. Isla has FOUR beds. yes, that's right - four - two downstairs, two up. And we have a small house. I just want her to be comfy wherever I am, who can blame me :>}] Still, I'm not about to tell her George has an EA pillow because then I'd have to bring up the couch and well, you know where that would lead.

My name is Kate. I live in Maryland with a border collie named George in an old manor house that predates the Revolutionary War. I began this blog in 2007 to share my photography with my family and friends. Welcome.

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